by WorldTribune Staff, August 14, 2016 The battle to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of their coastal stronghold at Sirte “is over,” the spokesman for Libya’s pro-government forces said. Meanwhile living conditions for the average Libyan is deteriorating. ISIL “has only control over one sector, residential district one in the heart […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Kurdish militia fighters in Iraq’s Kurdish region have launched an offensive as part of the effort to capture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. The August 14 offensive began shortly after a campaign of intense artillery shelling and air strikes by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey HAIFA, Israel — In a recent secret visit to Moscow, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad told Vladimir Putin that he would assure quiet on Israel’s border. I am constantly amazed how the mainstream media [even here in Israel] can ignore the most interesting things that are happening, while concentrating on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 12, 2016 Hillary Clinton served on the board of directors of a French company that is under investigation for reportedly paying Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) to protect the company’s business in Syria. The company also regularly bought oil from the terror group, according to Syrian opposition news reports. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 12, 2016 A 17-year-old British girl who joined Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) last year is said to have been killed in a Russian airstrike on the terror group’s de facto capital at Raqqa, Syria. Kadiza Sultana was one of three London schoolgirls who made headlines last year when […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 11, 2016 Some 45,000 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists “have been taken off the battlefield” as the terror organization’s area of control continues to shrink, according to the commander of the U.S.-led coalition. “We estimate that over the past 11 months, we’ve killed about 25,000 enemy fighters. When […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 11, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has added to its arsenal of weapons by digging up and re-using mines buried by the Nazis in Egypt during World War II. Cairo military and civilian officials said ISIL and other Islamist groups have dug up a number of the estimated […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 10, 2016 The former top intelligence official in the Obama administration said jihadists aligned with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) are already in the United States and the White House is hiding information on that threat from the American public. “They are here,” Gen. Michael Flynn, former Defense Intelligence […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 9, 2016 Since Barack Obama seems to be doing favors for Iran hand over foot, former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad apparently thought the U.S. president could oblige him by overruling the U.S. Supreme Court decision awarding $2 billion to the victims of Iran terrorism. In a letter to President Barack Obama made […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 9, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is calling on jihadists to attack the 2017 Miss Universe pageant. In a thread posted to a Telegram Messenger group called “IS Philippines supporters,” a jihadi, noting next year’s pageant, encourages “everyone who can” to launch attacks at the event. The Miss […]
